An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

Exactly four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bellingcat’s Volunteer Community looks back at the data we have collected on civilian harm during this time - documenting attacks on cities and the near-total destruction of rural villages. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

A Bellingcat investigation reveals child soldiers in Sudan’s civil war have become viral figures on TikTok. Videos attracting millions of views show the children with senior military officials, celebrating battlefield victories and delivering violent threats. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

A shipwreck in India, an ammunition seizure in Senegal, and a raid on an oil tanker in Malaysia. These and many more incidents point to ageing vessels that operate with false papers and one recurring figure: Captain Suniel Kumar Sharma. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

but to them it clearly is a game. none of this is about actually answering questions or anything resembling dialogue. it’s a spectacle to be clipped and ginned up into something else entirely, a performance of fealty to the leader, etc. you won’t get answers from these kind of folks by asking them.

Since we reached out to X about Grok attempting to unredact photos of Epstein victims upon X users’ requests, we’ve noticed Grok now refusing to unredact new requests. Bellingcat researcher @koltai.bsky.social reports: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

An estimated 10,000 lives have been lost at sea in Gloucester’s long history. The industry’s fatality rate is 28 times greater than the national average for all occupations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/m...

Bellingcat's Director of Research and Training @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social appeared on CTV yesterday to discuss the misleading AI-generated images that were used to falsely identify ICE agents and weapons at the centre of the two fatal shootings in Minneapolis youtu.be/mL7Fbp3UrSo?...

I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

American-made munitions have played a significant role in Israel’s operations in Gaza. Bellingcat has collated scores of incidents where the remnants of US-made munitions have been found in the aftermath of Israeli strikes. Read here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

XBox Live wouldn't take his money.

For anyone interested in digging through the new Epstein Files release our Discord community are going through the files at the moment Thread - discord.com/channels/709... Invite link for newbies - discord.com/invite/belli...

Journalists should "disable biometrics when they expect to be in a situation where they expect a possible search," @freedom.press' Martin Shelton told @theintercept.com.

ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest * Free to access

Bellingcat has further analysed videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents. The footage shows an agent wearing a black beanie step behind Pretti. His right arm then appears to recoil at the same time the first shot is heard.

How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year? My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive. www.science.org/content/arti...

Pepperball guns, tasers and tear gas are among the weapons recently deployed against protesters in the US. In a new guide, @easybakeovensz.bsky.social details some of the “less-lethal” equipment federal agents have carried during the current immigration raids. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

ICE operations are spinning up in Maine. @themainemonitor.org is looking to help report on ICE activity there and has set up a page to report what you're seeing. Also includes Signal and encrypted Protonmail options for secure communications.

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

We just posted a quick analysis of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Mineapolis. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkFc...

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired.

We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

This one slipped by me last week. Apparently killed by a single rifle shot from hundreds of meters away.

Breaking News: A Cuban immigrant’s death in an ICE detention center in El Paso was ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report.

"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'" www.startribune.com/preschooler-...

Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol

Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket. He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War. Notice the suppressors 1/2

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from Texas to Honduras, group says Both Karen and her daughter were placed in a hotel in San Antonio while they waited to be deported, and that she was instructed not to share their location with anyone in order to avoid alerting community and media outlets

Just hours after Renee Good was shot, one member of Customs and Border Patrol’s elite tactical team on an adjacent street fired a less-lethal weapon five times in less than five minutes, with four shots aimed at the faces of protestors. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday. www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

My colleague @benjovland.bsky.social witnessed federal agents pull a woman from her car in south Minneapolis Tuesday & carry her to their vehicle. An older man was arrested & appeared injured. ICE agents deployed teargas, pepper balls & stun grenades as they left. www.instagram.com/reel/DTdrPvZ...

Looks like at least 7 are out at DOJ today: bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Notable part of this statement: “The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”

Incredible work by Nate Rosenfield, Brian Howey and Jerry Mitchell that has Mississippi authorities reexamining a detainee’s violent death after another inmate confessed to killing him. Some appalling twists in here, especially how guards cleaned the scene with bleach before investigators arrived.

ICE recruitment is going well.

there was a quaint time in the ancient past when prominent microblogging social networks were merely obnoxious and not Nazi-populated CSAM-filled cesspools

Also useful for what has reportedly happened in Portland with another DHS-related shooting.

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook

ICE agent was not in the vehicle’s path when he fired at driver, video shows

An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis told MPR News that armed U.S. Border Patrol goons came onto school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people; they handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.

Seeing some folks circulating fliers in New York with an AI generated face of the agent who shot Renee Good. AI cannot unmask people — the face it generates is an arbitrary guess. Remember the lesson of white Obama!

Reminder that in October, a CBP agent shot Marimar Martinez 5 times while she was in her car. He denied her medical care and later bragged about the shooting. DHS then lied about every aspect of the incident until the charges against Martinez were dropped.

Growing crowd here at 34th and Portland in south Minneapolis, where witnesses tell me an ICE agent shot an observer in her car. Witnesses said she was not responsive and was taken away. Bovino is on scene along with dozens of federal agents.

Our earlier investigation revealed widespread police misconduct around confidential informants in New Bedford. Now we're looking across Massachusetts. What we found: Instead of safeguarding against informant abuse, prosecutors enable it.